Headstone - Anton Ewald Koehler

Description

This image of a headstone was taken at Terrace End Cemetery. Anton Koehler was born in Sorau, Prussia but later lived in Guben. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and won the Iron Cross. He came to New Zealand in 1875 and farmed at Palmerston North and Bunnythorpe, dying in 1917 at the age of 80. His son Georg Ewald Woldemar Koehler also farmed at Palmerston North on a property just opposite the cemetery, milking cows for town supply. His wife Kristine was a Dane, who had come to New Zealand in 1883, aged 18. She worked as a domestic servant in Palmerston North until her marriage to Georg in 1887.

Georg and Kristine built a homestead in 1907 which still stands. The area was farmed by the third generation until it was subdivided in the 1960's.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

IMCA

Date

January 2022

Digitisation id

2022BD_TerraceEndCemetery_038686

Format

Born Digital

Held in

IMCA Digital Archive